Conservative icon Richard Viguerie boosts ‘right on crime’ efforts
By Patrick B. McGuigan | CapitolBeatOK
OKLAHOMA CITY – Conservatives should support alternatives to incarceration for non-violent crimes, argues Richard Viguerie of “New Right” fame.
In a recent commentary for The New York Times, Viguerie argued that conservatives “should recognize that the entire criminal justice system is another government spending program fraught with the issues that plague [...]
OK Corrections director explains his reasons for leaving
By Patrick B. McGuigan | CapitolBeatOK
OKLAHOMA CITY – The outgoing director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections says Oklahoma’s historic Justice Reinvestment Initiative presently “is lacking what [former state House Speaker] Kris Steele brought to this endeavor.”
Justin Jones, who is leaving his post in a few weeks, said that while in office former Rep. Steele, [...]
For Oklahoma, a fresh opportunity for prison reform
By Patrick B. McGuigan | CapitolBeatOK
OKLAHOMA CITY — Our state leaders boast, and rightly so, about what is called “The Oklahoma Standard” — the compassion, speed and effectiveness of responses to natural disasters like this spring’s tornadoes and acts of terror like the A.P. Murrah Building bombing in 1995.
Let’s apply that standard to counter the financial time bomb [...]
OK water rights victory historic, setting stage for state-tribal case
By Patrick B. McGuigan | CapitolBeatOK
OKLAHOMA CITY — The unanimous United States Supreme Court decision favoring Oklahoma in the water rights case, “Tarrant Regional Water District v. Herrmann,” sets the stage for the next big development in Oklahoma
water policy.
That will be either a negotiated settlement over apportionment of water rights among interested parties — including [...]
Role reversal: Rise of OK Republicans, retreat of Democrats
By Patrick B. McGuigan | CapitolBeatOK
OKLAHOMA CITY – In the 1960 presidential election, Oklahoma remained – as it had been since statehood in 1907, a Democratic bastion. By 1992, however, the state had become reliably Republican in presidential races, and competitive in federal elections.
In those days, Democrats still controlled the Legislature. But as the website Ballotpedia [...]
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